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Market Analysis Shows Crop Fertilizer Prices May Have Topped
The widely documented spike in crop fertilizer prices in recent weeks looks to be topping, with some of the variables…
Northern Plains Drought Fuels Spring Wheat Questions
Though Wednesday’s USDA Prospective Plantings report will shine a spotlight on estimates for this year’s U.S. corn and soybean crops,…
Winter Storm Uri Delivered $600 Million Blow to Texas Agriculture
Winter Storm Uri, which in mid-February delivered subfreezing temperatures and winter precipitation to areas like South Texas where those conditions…
Fertilizer Applications, Seed Sales Foreshadow Wednesday’s USDA Planting Data
With the USDA Prospective Plantings report — one closely watched by the entire marketplace and seen as having a ton…
Watch Mother Nature for Crop Nitrogen Needs This Spring
The fertilizer markets have skyrocketed in the last few months, tracking the corn market and reflecting supply and availability logjams…
Suez Canal Blockage Highlights Global Shipping Issues Affecting Ag
With news to start the week that the Taiwan-owned Ever Given container ship that’s been wedged in the Suez Canal…
A Windy Week Ahead in Farm Country — Forecaster
Moisture extremes — massive rainfall in the mid-South while drought continues to worsen in North Dakota — has been the…
Senate Cattle Spot Market Bill Draws Mixed Industry Reaction
Senators Jon Tester of Montana and Chuck Grassley of Iowa introduced a bill Wednesday that would require large domestic beef…
Derecho Damage May Influence 2021 Corn, Soybean Plantings
The derecho storm system that plowed through nine states in August 2020 is the weather event that wouldn’t die, as…
2021 Crop Inputs: Buy Smart, Think Ahead
With improved revenue prospects because of grain prices that have moved sharply higher in the last year, many farmers have…